Campbell on Dan Patrick Show: I'm torn over Army decision

Former Sportscenter anchor Dan Patrick spoke with Caleb Campbell, the Detroit Lions' seventh-round draft pick, who was given, then stripped, of the right to play in the NFL by the Army.

So is Campbell allowing himself to be angry about this decision?

"I would like to be angry, in a sense," he said on The Dan Patrick Show, " because it's always been a dream of mine to play in the National Football League. But I also know that when I entered the Academy that I was signing up to be an officer, so I'm more than excited to pursue this opportunity as well.

"It would have been nice because I've done a lot – I can tell you I'm in great shape right now! – but I've done a lot to prepare for this training camp, going through combine training, hitting the combine, going through all the pre-draft stuff, getting drafted, going through minicamp and OTAs, training for the last month and a half for training camp, and then on the eve of training camp, they're going to tell me I can't do it.

"It would've been nice I would've been told a few months ago that this was going to happen. But it's been one heckuva ride, and I've learned a lot of life lessons from it. I'm fortunate that I was in this situation because I've learned a lot."

Listen to the full interview to hear Caleb talk about who pulled the plug on his potential NFL career: